In February of the ninth year of Xiande in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was the time when Jinling City was warm and cold, but the Dasitu Mansion located in the south of the city was full of people, and it was a busy scene.

"Mei Xiang, the jade pearl bracelet sent by Chisel Cloud Tower the day before yesterday, take it quickly, be careful, don't fall it."

"Yes, ma'am"

"Juying, find the little guys and ask again, when will the Baifeng Yunwen red gold skirt of the Ming Yarn Workshop be delivered?"

"Yes, ma'am"

A gentle figure, a soft voice of Wu Nong, a calm and gentle tone on weekdays, faintly revealing an anxiousness, a pair of beautiful eyes looking forward to the bright light, from time to time looking in the direction of the gate outside the courtyard.

"Madam", a slightly blessed middle-aged woman took a step forward, and said with a happy face, "Madame, don't worry, the master should be back soon, this is a great joy, just tell your subordinates to do what you want to prepare."

"Happy event?" Mrs. Situ muttered to herself, and the golden hairpin trembling on her temples seemed to shake, "Grandma Zhou, King Wu was named the crown prince, Qiang'er is now the crown princess, since ancient times, as soon as she entered the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, although her identity is respected and noble, but she must be step by step, and you can't make a mistake in half a point, and if you want to talk about the relationship between husband and wife, I'm afraid it is not as good as ordinary couples, if I want to choose, I would rather Qiang'er be just Princess Wu, alas" sighed lightly, and Mrs. Situ had a trace of pain between her eyebrows, which clearly reminded her of the past.

Grandma Zhou hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Situ sit down on the soft chair, took another cushion and gently placed it behind Mrs., looked at Mrs. carefully, and said cautiously, "Madam, let it pass in the past, now the master is not the only lady in his heart." The prince loves our family very much, how can ordinary husbands and wives have such affection?! ”

Mrs. Situ nodded, and was about to speak, when she heard a surprise shout outside, "Master has returned home." Madame Situ hurriedly stood up and went out, and saw a gentle figure coming from the gate from a distance.

Dressed in a smoky blue robe, with a tall posture, a face as warm as the autumn breeze, warm and affectionate between the eyebrows, a smile at the corners of the lips, and a slight hoarfrost on the temples, he seems to be a talented man in the south of the Yangtze River who is as warm as jade, but it is the high-ranking and powerful Situ Zhouzong of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Lord Situ is still in a hurry, but he can't hide a trace of anxiety in his mouth, "Madam, news is coming from the palace, the emperor's condition has worsened, so the canonization ceremony of the crown prince has been advanced to tomorrow, although the remnants of the abolished prince have been wiped out, but the incident happened suddenly, it is necessary to prevent changes, I want to rush to all parts of the capital to investigate, and the matter in this family can only be handed over to you, Mrs. ”

"What, there's going to be a ceremony tomorrow." Madame exclaimed.

"Yes", Zhou Zong raised his eyes and looked around, seeing that there were many objects scattered in the original spacious and elegant courtyard, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The incident happened suddenly, it can only be like this, the royal ceremony cannot be lost, only Mrs. Hard Work." ”

"Or, let Ah Tao come over and help you." Zhou Zong suddenly thought of something, and glanced at his wife with a little apology.

Mrs. Situ twitched between her eyebrows, lowered her head, her voice was still calm, and said, "It's okay, just let Sister Ah Tao come over, and it's good to have one more person to help come up with ideas." Grandma Zhou, please second lady. ”

Grandma Zhou looked at Master Situ dissatisfied, and was about to speak, when she caught a glimpse of Mrs. staring at her coldly, she had to answer yes and turn around and go out.

After a while, a sharp cry came from the back wing: "Mother, my cricket, my cricket." In the shouting, a thin figure jumped out of the door like a small leopard, and its body with teeth and claws tripped over the extra cabinet by the door, and its center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground, while at the same time only heard a loud bang, and a vase with a whole green body shattered into countless pieces in the ground.

It all happened so suddenly, and everyone was stunned for a moment before they all started screaming.

"Oh my God, this is the prince's favorite Han Mozun."

"Third Miss, are you alright?"

"Little Flower!!"

A slender woman snatched out of the back compartment, looked at the mess in front of her, hurriedly ran forward, helped up the little man who fell to the ground, slapped back and forth with her hands, and said hatefully: "Xiaohua, you are in trouble again!" ”

"Ah Tao" A man's displeased voice suppressed everyone's shouts, Ah Tao turned around, a small melon seed face with a pair of black and white clear watery eyes, long and distinct eyelashes, jade-like face with crimson and delicate blood, lined with a small and quite clever nose, and although the small mouth is small and rainbow, it is pouted, it is clearly a stunning woman, even the noble and glamorous Mrs. Situ next to her who is the first beauty in Jinling seems to have dimmed in an instant.

Ah Tao protected the little man in her arms, bowed her head and said, "Master, I know that Xiaohua is in trouble again, I will clean her up when I go back." ”

"Daddy, daddy, I don't want my mother to beat me, I don't want my mother to beat me." The little man in Ah Tao's arms suddenly broke free and pounced on Lord Situ, two dirty little hands tightly grasping Zhou Zongyan's cyan robe.

Zhou Zong looked at the little daughter who was just knee-high next to his legs, and frowned, "Xiaohua, why don't you look like a girl at all, Ah Tao, let Xiaohua learn some rules from the eldest lady." ”

Ah Tao raised her face, looked at Zhou Zong with bright eyes, and suddenly pulled Xiaohua back to her side, and hummed, "I raise my daughter by myself." ”

Zhou Zong's face changed, he glanced back at his wife, and waved his hand, "That's it, let's talk about this later, the affairs of the court cannot be delayed, and the family will be handed over to Mrs. to take care of." With a wave of his sleeves, he turned and went out.

"Madam, this Huazun?" Grandma Zhou asked while directing her subordinates to clean up the debris all over the ground.

"Forget it, take out the smoke and rain bottle in my room and put it on first." Mrs. Situ smiled faintly.

"But that's Madame's dowry, and it's also Madame's favorite thing." Grandma Zhou was indignant, and looked coldly at Ah Tao's mother and daughter who were standing stupidly on the side.

"Heng Zhi is for his daughter, it's nothing." Mrs. Situ deliberately didn't look at Ah Tao's flushed face.

Ah Tao's hands tightly twisted his clothes belt, and he wanted to say something but held back. Xiaohua jumped up next to her and shouted, "Mother, look, this dress is so beautiful." Xiaohua said as she was about to pounce.

Ah Tao hurriedly twisted Xiaohua's clothes, and her right hand had already hit Xiaohua's buttocks, Xiaohua immediately howled, Ah Tao listened to the sound of her daughter crying wolf, her face became more and more purple, and her subordinates became heavier and heavier, hatefully: "Let you cry, let you cry..."

Mrs. Situ gave Mama Zhou a look, Mama Zhou understood, and was about to step forward to persuade her, when she suddenly heard a crisp and tactful voice from the house: "Sister Xiaohua", before the words fell, a small purple figure floated in like a light mist.

What appeared in the eyes of everyone was a ten-year-old girl, with a round face with eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like light mist, and a smile that did not spread, but the smile at the corner of her mouth seemed to be full of smiles, and the sweet fragrance of her daughter wafted around her body, soft and soft, as intoxicating as a spring breeze, it was Mrs. Situ's second daughter, Zhou Wei, the sister-in-law of the current crown princess Zhou Qiang. Although she is still young and underweight, she wears a purple dress that is smart and smart, and her temperament has both the luxury of her mother and the warmth of her father.

"Sister Xiaohua, why are you crying again". Zhou Wei walked up to Xiaohua, gently squeezed Xiaohua's hand, and comforted her.

Xiaohua's crying suddenly weakened, and she looked at the little beauty in front of her with teary eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Second sister, my mother beat me." “

"Okay, Xiaohua is good, the second sister takes Xiaohua to take a fragrant bath, you are dirty like a monkey."

Xiaohua looked down at her clothes full of mud spots, and then looked at Zhou Wei's beautiful purple dress, and obediently responded "Okay".

Zhou Wei bowed slightly to Ah Tao and said with a smile: "Erniang, Wei'er took her sister to take a bath, okay?" ”

Ah Tao didn't speak, her face slowly calmed down, and she nodded. Watching Zhou Wei pull Xiaohua away, looking at the figures of the two sisters and being stunned for a while, only then did she come to her senses, saluted Mrs., and asked, "Madam, may I ask Madame what happened to Atao just now?" ”

"It's nothing", Mrs. Situ said softly: "King Wu is the crown prince, the ceremony will be held tomorrow, and the lord asked you to come over and help me prepare a congratulatory gift."

Ah Tao lowered her head and murmured: "Ah Tao is just a village girl in the countryside, she doesn't understand any of this, I'm afraid that she will be rude and rude things." I, I'll go back to the backyard, watch Xiaohua, and never let her get into trouble again this time. ”

Mrs. Situ looked at the young and beautiful woman in front of her, and her heart was like being screwed by someone, and the past scenes were in front of her. If it weren't for such beauty, how could he charm his brilliant husband, so that he just caught a glimpse of Ah Tao who was washing clothes in the mountains and wilderness on patrol, so he ignored the husband and wife relationship with him for more than ten years, and insisted on accepting Ah Tao as a concubine, but unfortunately under such beauty, there was nothing.

After all, the talented Lord Situ wants not only a beautiful doll that must have its appearance, just after the freshness of the newlywed, Zhou Zong has already regretted it, Ah Tao is illiterate, can't play the piano, can't dance, can't do anything except farm work, Zhou Zong also wanted to teach Ah Tao to read and write in person, and asked the master to teach Ah Tao to sing and dance, but it's a pity that Ah Tao is slow by nature, and no matter how he learns, he can't grow. Zhou Zong was disappointed, and began to think of the benefits of his wife, after all, before his original wife left the cabinet, he was not only the first beauty in Jinling, but also the first talented woman. Now everyone in the Da Situ Mansion knows that although the second lady is young and beautiful, she is still the original partner with the old man Qin Se.

was groaning, only to hear Ah Tao softly call "Madam..."

Mrs. Situ hurriedly collected her face, and straightened her chaotic thoughts before she spoke, "Okay, Ah Tao, since that's the case, you can go back first, in a blink of an eye, Xiaohua is already five years old, let her go with Wei'er to study in the spring." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Ah Tao said a deep blessing and withdrew.

Mrs. Situ looked at the thin figure in the distance, and suddenly her heart moved, although Ah Tao stayed quietly in Situ Mansion, guarding her daughter, but in the face of her husband's indifference, she felt the contempt and pity of everyone, and she probably never had a happy heart, with her beauty, if she married not the versatile and accustomed Lord Situ, but an ordinary woodcutter in the countryside, I am afraid that it is also the treasure of the palm of her husband's hand, weaving cloth and plowing the fields with her husband, carefree, and now in Situ Mansion, although she is dressed and fed, she is only afraid of depression.

Hey, I don't know if my beloved, Lord Situ, knows the suffering of these two women. Xiaohua was furious: "You naughty boy, how can you be reasonable, you are really angry with me, where is your father and mother, I will teach you a good lesson in front of them, lest others say that I bully children and win." ”

Yelulong saw that Xiaohua and the naughty boy were entangled endlessly, and he couldn't help laughing until his belly hurt, and finally refused to let Xiaohua suffer, so he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to unlock the young man's acupoint.

The young man felt that his body was loose, and he was about to turn around and run away, but his body was stiff again, only to hear Yelulong laugh and say: "If you don't say it, if you don't say it, I'll let you stay here for the rest of your life." ”

The young man was horrified and stiffened his neck and shouted, "Don't say, don't say, I just won't say." ”

When Yerillon heard this, he stretched out two fingers, but they tapped lightly on the young man's lumbar spine. The young man only felt a numbness in his waist, and a sour and itchy feeling suddenly rushed from the skin to the internal organs, and the itching was unbearable, and he just wanted to scratch his whole body, but he couldn't move because of a pair of hands, and he was itchy and angry, and tears suddenly rolled down.

Seeing that the young man's face was itchy and distorted, Yelulong still gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, and secretly admired his toughness, stretched out his hand to untie his acupoint, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be like a child, just doing such a sneaky thing, it doesn't have any glory." ”

The young man never expected that Yelulong would actually let him go, and when he heard his words, his face turned red, but he whispered: "We didn't mean to, if we don't steal your horse, will we drink the northwest wind?" ”

When Jerodon heard this, he knew something was wrong and asked, "What about your parents?" How did this come to be like this again? ”

The young man sat down on the ground dejectedly and said, "They were arrested by those generals and sent on errands, saying that they were going to transport military rations for the imperial court, and even all the newly harvested grain in the village this autumn was taken away. They don't want us, saying we're too old to have the strength. We stayed here and ate all the wild fruits on the mountain, so we had to figure it out on our own. ”

When Jerodon heard this, he nodded and said, "I see, in this case, you return the horses to us, and I still have some silver in my package, and you take the silver to see if you can buy some rice and noodles and come back." As he spoke, he shot like a fly, and he had already solved the acupoints of the other children.

When those children saw that Yelulong's martial arts were superb, their small mouths opened into an O-word, and suddenly the young man fell to the ground with a thud and shouted: "This hero, please accept me as an apprentice." I thought, I want to learn kung fu from you. ”

Yelulong laughed, "I don't teach bandits kung fu. ”

The young man blushed and was about to speak, but he saw several children shouting on the side: "Brother Guodong is not a thief, he has the best heart." ”

When Yelulong heard this, he smiled slightly, helped the young man up, and said, "The two of us still have to hurry, but there is no way to accept apprentices, but now that the army is in chaos, I can also teach you some self-defense skills." ”

The young man was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down again, shouting in his mouth, "Apprentice to see Master." ”

Xiaohua was on the side, and when she saw that Yelulong had subdued the young man so quickly, she admired it in her heart, but said unevenly in her mouth: "Who is your master, we are still on the way, return the horse to us quickly." ”

Yelulong listened, smiled and said: "Exactly, this flower girl is my little junior sister, her martial arts are also excellent, and she is soft-hearted, you stole her horse, thanks to her past guilt, you still worship her as a master." ”

When the young man heard this, his little face flushed, as if he wanted to refuse, but he refused to disobey Yelulon's will, so he had to reluctantly kneel in front of Xiaohua and whispered: "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship." ”

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